beach club to MK for early entry

[ghertz]

I'll be staying at the beach club next week. Currently MK early entry is at 7:30am so ideally I'd like to be at the gates by 6:45-7am. What's the best way to get there?
1) bus - I think the bus starts 45 minutes before opening, would that be 7:15 or 6:45? by the time it arrives and time in transit that puts me there later than I'd like
2) Minnie vans start at 6:30am and drop off out front MK.
3) Regular ride drops off at TTC and then we'd have to take the monorail - monorail starts 30 mins before open so is that 7 or 7:30?.
4) Ride share to contemporary and walk to MK

thoughts or personal experience getting to MK for Early Entry?

 

[eticketplease]

I’m not sure if it always shared busses but it was for our last stay there. We ended up getting a total of 3 extra minutes

I would go with the Minnie Vans as my choice.

 

[Best Aunt]

I'll be staying at the beach club next week. Currently MK early entry is at 7:30am so ideally I'd like to be at the gates by 6:45-7am. What's the best way to get there?
1) bus - I think the bus starts 45 minutes before opening, would that be 7:15 or 6:45? by the time it arrives and time in transit that puts me there later than I'd like
2) Minnie vans start at 6:30am and drop off out front MK.
3) Regular ride drops off at TTC and then we'd have to take the monorail - monorail starts 30 mins before open so is that 7 or 7:30?.
4) Ride share to contemporary and walk to MK

thoughts or personal experience getting to MK for Early Entry?

# 4 might not work. (Ride share to contemporary and walk to MK). Too many people wanted to do it, so they started requiring you to have a hotel reservation or restaurant reservation in order for ride share to drop you off at Contemporary. It's possible that a guard might let you through, but I wouldn't count on it.

Also, I learned recently that Minnie Vans start at 6:30, but that doesn't mean that every Minnie Van is on the road at 6:30. I had a driver tell me that the ones that are on the road at 6:30 have cast members who start their shift at 6:00. Other cast members start their shift at 6:30 and aren't on the road until 7:00.

 

[stinkpickle]

Last year, the first bus from Boardwalk to MK showed up an hour before early entry.

 

[The Foolish Mortal]

I'll be staying at the beach club next week. Currently MK early entry is at 7:30am so ideally I'd like to be at the gates by 6:45-7am. What's the best way to get there?
1) bus - I think the bus starts 45 minutes before opening, would that be 7:15 or 6:45? by the time it arrives and time in transit that puts me there later than I'd like

I did the rope drop at MK from BC this past Saturday and Sunday. Early entry was at 8:30, they let everyone into Main Street at 8 on Saturday and quarter til 8 on Sunday. We took the bus from BC and it picked us up a couple minutes after 7:20 both days and we arrived at the park around 7:35 both days. Hope that info helps

 

[ghertz]

I did the rope drop at MK from BC this past Saturday and Sunday. Early entry was at 8:30, they let everyone into Main Street at 8 on Saturday and quarter til 8 on Sunday. We took the bus from BC and it picked us up a couple minutes after 7:20 both days and we arrived at the park around 7:35 both days. Hope that info helps

based on this it seems the busses start running an hour before EE starts...seem correct?

 

[dansdad]

based on this it seems the busses start running an hour before EE starts...seem correct?

That has been our experience.

 

[CarolynFH]

based on this it seems the busses start running an hour before EE starts...seem correct?

Yes, and if you want to be on the first bus, be at the stop another 30 minutes before that, or 90 minutes before EE starts.

 

[Wood Nymph]

The park buses do not share until after 10 or 11am, I can't remember which one it was. The MK buses come early enough for you to get to the park for extra early hours. You will be able to see the bus arrival times on your MDE app when you are at the resort. You can see both the BC resort bus times as well as the YC resort bus arrival times. We have stayed at the BC many times, including just a few weeks ago, and the earliest buses are the least crowded.

MK had an early opening time of 7:30am when we were there last month and we were able to get into the park before they opened it up for the regular crowd. It seems as if less people are at the park for a 7:30am opening than for an 8:30 opening.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I haven't gone to MK for early entry from BC, but if anyone wonders about AK for 7:30 EE, I was at the bus stop at 6:30, and at AK by 7:15.

 

[ghertz]

Bus to MK worked out great. At the bus stop at 6, bus came around 6:20 and we were at security when it opened at 6:30, second back at gate for 7am open and in the first row for EE open at 7:30.